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[Egypt Online] El Arish International Airport has received two planes from Pakistan and Russia carrying humanitarian relief to the Gaza Strip. A source at the airport said on Friday 17/5/2024 that the Pakistani plane carried 95 tons of aid to Gaza.

[State Department] Today, U.S. Embassy Zambia's Chargé d'Affaires Linnisa Wahid and Minister of Home Affairs the Honorable Jack Mwiimbu signed the U.S.-Zambia Partnership to Prevent Trafficking in Persons (P2P), a new multi-year initiative to combat trafficking in persons in Zambia. Implementation of this jointly developed program will strengthen the efforts of the Zambian government as it works with national stakeholders and civil society organizations to deepen a more sustainable, comprehensive, and coordinated

[Shabelle] Manama -- In a significant diplomatic move, Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre of Somalia met with his Kuwaiti counterpart, Ahmad Abdullah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, on the sidelines of the 33rd session of the Arab League summit in Bahrain.

[Lesotho Times] MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Tšeliso Mokhosi, broke into tears while testifying in court this week in the murder case of four police officers accused of the March 2016 murder of their colleague, Police Constable (PC) Mokalekale Khetheng.

[Lesotho Times] LESOTHO Defence Force (LDF) Commander, Lieutenant General Mojalefa Letsoela, faces more than M2 million worth of lawsuits from two men who claim to have been tortured by the army separately in 2022 and 2023.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government has asked the European Union (EU) for lethal equipment to fight Islamist terrorists in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Top officials of the National Patriotic Party (NPP), a constituent member of the Coalition for Democratic Change, have hinted they are ending their political marriage with the coalition and have no plan to renew.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberians in and out of the country were shocked to see President Joseph Boakai flying a private jet when he (Boakai) once criticized then President George Weah for flying a private jet.

[Dabanga] Port Sudan -- Beja leaders in eastern Sudan met with Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan this week to discuss their initiative to reach peace between the various communities in the region. Battles between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support forces (RSF) in western El Gedaref subsided in the past few days. The training of new recruits to fight alongside the SAF continues in military camps in Eritrea.

Nigeria's women's minister says she has filed a court order to stop the ceremony planned for next week.

[VOA] Goma, DR Congo -- Reputed to be the coltan capital of the world, the mining town of Rubaya, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has fallen into the hands of rebels. The fall of Rubaya is causing a stir among local residents who fear M23 will use profits from the coltan mines to fund their war against the DRC government.

[The Herald] Farmers have so far delivered 129 million kilogrammes of tobacco worth US$458 million to both contract and auction tobacco floors.

[The Herald] The Zanu PF War Veterans' League has registered a war veterans' family wealth trust, a vehicle for the empowerment of the former freedom fighters.

[The Herald] Minister of State for Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Dr Aplonia Munzverengwi commissioned a block of classrooms at Timire Primary School today.

[The Herald] MAJOR pharmacies operating in Harare's central business district have taken heed of Government's calls to accept the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency and trade using the prevailing official rate.

[Nile Post] BBC | Scientists believe they may have solved the mystery of how 31 pyramids, including the world-famous Giza complex, were built in Egypt more than 4,000 years ago.

[263Chat] The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) has alerted the public to the emergence of 13 new suspected typhoid cases in Zimbabwe.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The George building rescue operation is concluded, Western Cape officials announced today.

[UN News] The UN's top human rights official has personally intervened to try to stop spiralling violence in Sudan that's having a terrifying impact on millions of civilians, who humanitarians say are "staring famine in the face".

Kenenisa Bekele will face fellow all-time great Eliud Kipchoge at the Olympics, 21 years on from their first meeting in a final.